MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 41.22,-89.99 Latitude: 41.22 Longitude: -89.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 76 SFC 985 206 12.7 -2.2 35 14.9 5.9 241 15 287.1 287.7 279.8 296.6 3.30 2 950 504 9.1 -3.4 41 12.5 3.7 240 23 286.5 287.0 279.3 295.5 3.13 3 900 948 4.7 -4.0 53 8.8 1.1 237 23 286.4 286.9 279.3 295.4 3.15 4 850 1410 0.2 -4.6 71 4.7 -1.7 233 21 286.3 286.9 279.3 295.5 3.20 5 800 1891 -4.2 -5.6 90 1.4 -4.7 230 20 286.7 287.2 279.4 295.8 3.15 6 750 2396 -8.4 -8.5 99 0.1 -8.4 226 20 287.5 287.9 279.2 295.3 2.68 7 700 2928 -12.4 -12.5 100 0.0 -12.5 225 22 288.7 289.1 279.0 294.9 2.09 8 650 3492 -14.0 -18.2 70 4.2 -15.1 236 29 293.1 293.4 280.2 297.4 1.40 9 600 4096 -17.1 -21.6 68 4.4 -18.1 231 26 296.3 296.5 281.3 299.9 1.14 10 550 4744 -20.2 -25.1 64 5.0 -21.1 228 25 300.2 300.3 282.6 303.1 0.90 11 500 5445 -23.9 -29.5 60 5.6 -24.8 243 30 303.9 304.1 283.8 306.2 0.66 12 450 6206 -29.1 -34.5 59 5.5 -29.7 243 29 306.7 306.8 284.7 308.3 0.45 13 400 7037 -35.2 -38.6 71 3.3 -35.5 241 24 309.2 309.2 285.4 310.4 0.34 14 350 7953 -42.6 -47.4 59 4.8 -42.8 240 21 311.3 311.3 286.0 311.9 0.15 15 300 8979 -47.7 -56.5 36 8.8 -48.0 222 36 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.4 0.06 16 250 10180 -46.8 -70.1 5 23.3 -47.4 228 45 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.5 0.01 17 200 11665 -46.5 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 223 49 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13563 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 219 49 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16207 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 216 37 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5369.68 m Freezing level: 848.22 mb = 1426.70 m = 4680.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.90 mb = 1120.98 m = 3677.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.06 % Est. max temperature: 12.01 C = 53.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.29 mb = 2036.60 m = 6681.67 ft T: -5.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.53 C/km ThetaE index: 1.15 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.59 mb = 2093.61 m = 6868.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.58 C = 54.65 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 19.41 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.93 mb = 2040.25 m = 6693.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.93 mb = 2397.12 m = 7864.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 689.93 mb = 3038.08 m = 9967.35 ft B at Equ Level: 11.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 659.93 mb = 3376.64 m = 11078.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -15.5 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.19 Bulk Shear: 2.85 m/s